A MOTHER and her teenage daughter were at the centre of a bar-room brawl in which a man was attacked with a pool cue, pool balls, a chair and an ashtray.

Burly victim Mark Duffy was also repeatedly kicked by the pair after he had been knocked to the floor in the fracas, a court heard.

Lisa Loughlin, 32, and daughter Hannah, 16, were told by a judge that the battle, captured on the pub's security cameras, was "disgusting and tawdry".

Footage of the fight was shown to Recorder Gillian Matthews before she sentenced the pair at Teesside Crown Court yesterday.

Recorder Matthews told them that they deserved to be locked up after they admitted their parts in the December 28 affray at the Saltersgill pub, Middlesbrough.

But the mother's 12-month prison sentence was suspended for two years, while her daughter was given a three-month action plan and ordered to see probation officials twice a week.

The judge told them: "You should be ashamed of yourselves. Ladies is not a word to be used about your behaviour."

Prosecutor Shaun Dryden told the court that Hannah Loughlin battered Mr Duffy with a cue after he grabbed her mother and put her over a pool table.

The teenager then threw a number of pool balls at him, before smashing him over the head with a bar stool as other drinkers either tried to join in or split up the fight.

Mr Dryden said Lisa Loughlin can be seen on the CCTV tape to punch Mr Duffy and swing at him with an ashtray, although it is not known if it hit him.

Mr Duffy, who did not make a complaint to police about the incident, was said to have started the row by insulting Lisa Loughlin about her weight.

The mother and daughter, of Faversham Close, Hemlington, handed themselves into police three months after the incident.

Kath Fagan, for Lisa Loughlin, said she was remorseful and ashamed about what had happened.

Chris Baker, for Hannah Loughlin, said she initially reacted to defend her mother, but accepted she went over the top.

Recorder Matthews described their actions as "disgraceful" and added: "It is clear from the video that you were both out of control through drink.